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Mariano Puerta, Thomas Johansson and Radek Stepanek advanced Wednesday to the second round of the Vietnam Open in Ho Chi Minh City. Top-seeded Puerta of Argentina held off Japan's Go Soeda 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 at the ATP event, the first international tennis tournament in Vietnam. Second-seeded Johansson of Sweden rallied past Germany's Alexander Popp 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

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